Football playoffs dominated Week 17

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The NFL Divisional Playoff games produced big ratings for both Fox and CBS this past week. But CBS had the big ratings winner, the AFC game where the New England Patriots defeated the Denver Broncos. Along with its usual strong lineup of shows, the game helped power CBS to victory in both the Household ratings and the key 18-49 demo.


In HH CBS had an average rating of 8.3 and a 13 share, with Fox at 5.0/8, ABC 4.4/7, NBC 4.2/7, Univision 1.7/3, CW 0.9/1, Telemundo and Ion 0.7/1, TeleFutura 0.3/0 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.

In 18-49 CBS was at 3.7/1, Fox 3.2/8, ABC 2.2/6, NBC 2.0/5, Univision 1.4/4, Telemundo 0.6/2, CW 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 programs:

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report  
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 01/09/12 – 01/15/12  
Rank Program Network HH Rating HH Share 2+ Audience (000)  
1 AFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF-SA(S) CBS 18.5 30 34161  
2 FOX NFC PLAYOFF-PST-SUN(S) FOX 13.4 21 23753  
3 NCIS CBS 12.7 19 21032  
4 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS(S) NBC 10.2 16 16851  
4 NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 10.2 16 16602  
6 BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS 9.5 15 16130  
7 PERSON OF INTEREST CBS 8.8 14 14858  
8 MENTALIST, THE CBS 8.5 14 13647  
9 ROB CBS 7.8 12 13468  
10 BLUE BLOODS CBS 7.6 13 12075  
11 MODERN FAMILY ABC 7.3 11 12115  
12 UNFORGETTABLE CBS 7.2 12 11202  
13 UNDERCOVER BOSS CBS 7.0 10 11589  
14 GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 6.9 11 10711  
15 CSI: NY CBS 6.8 11 10602  
16 CASTLE ABC 6.5 10 9764  
17 SIMPSONS FOX 6.4 10 11482  
18 FOX NFC PLAYOFF-SA PST GM(S) FOX 6.0 10 10083  
18 GOOD WIFE, THE CBS 6.0 9 9450  
20 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS(S) CBS 5.9 9 8875  
Source: The Nielsen Company